How to Travel for the Holidays with Arthritis By Brian Acton Millions of Americans travel for the holidays every year, using every combination of transportation...
Four Housework Tips for People With Back Pain By Brian Acton Consistent or recurring back pain can make even the most simple, mundane household chores...
What is chronic pain? Chronic pain lingers longer than expected as healing time due to an injury or onset of a medical problem. Typically it is pain that lasts between three and 6 months from onset. The origin of chronic pain can be traced to the body, brain or spinal cord. Classification There are 7…
A Sprained Wrist is a condition where the ligaments and connective tissue of the wrist has been traumatized to a degree causing pain and dysfunction. Depending on the severity of the injury, there are degrees of injury. A sprained wrist condition can be caused by a number of factors. Examples include: trauma to tissue, fall…
What are they? Shin splints is a term for pain felt in the shin/lower leg. Shin splints most commonly happen to long distance runners, endurance athletes, new runners and military personnel. Due to the high demands of these activities, injuries to the shins are quite common. The excessive stress that is put on the tissue…
Bone Spur Heel A bone spur of the heel is a calcium deposit appearing as a bony protrusion. Bone spurs may or may not cause heel pain but often appear with plantar fasciitis, a painful inflammation of the fibrous band of connective tissue running along the bottom of the foot, connecting the heel bone to…
Corona Virus, COVID-19: Restricted to shelter at home: What can you do to stay in shape? With the shelter in place happening all over the world, you may be asking yourself what you can do to stay in shape or at least continue to manage your health, fitness and in some cases, your rehab while…
It is estimated that there are more than 100 named methods of spinal manipulation treatment (SMT) techniques or methods. Several high quality research studies have demonstrated that SMT is an effective non-invasive conservative treatment for mechanical spinal related disorders. SMT is dated back to ancient China. Modern methods were introduced in the late 19th and…
